Bed-pan.



N. M. ERICKSON.

BED PAN.

APPLICATIQN FILED ocT. 4.1915.

Patented 13111.1; 19181 lnvenwr,

NELLIE M. ERIGKSON, OFPOR'ILAND, onneonf BED-PAN.

Application filedOctober 4, 1915. Serial No. 53,964.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELLIE M. ERICKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Pans, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of my invention is to provide an improved and sanitary bed pan with a guard member adapted to be set in a substantially vertical position at the front of the pan, when in use, with means for holding the same in this upright position, whereby'it not only performs its function as a guard, preventing ejected matter from going over the pan and soiling the bed linen, but at the same time affords the nurse free and convenient access to the patient for irrigation purposes, after an operation, without any other adjustment or the removal of the. guard, and without the 116868? sity of manually holding the guard in its upright position in order to prevent the matter upon the guard from running down on to the bed linen, as it would do if the guard were not held in upright or operative position. Among the other objects of the invention are to provide a guard of the character referred to, which can be laid down flat in the plane of the bottom of the pan to receive wet rags, dressings, or soiled materials, thus eliminating the necessity of using another article, or receptacle, for this purpose; to provide in combination with a bed pan, a guard of the character referred to which is also adapted to serveas a cover for the bed pan, or which can be folded back flat underneath the bottom of the pan out of the way, if desired; and, in general, to provide a bed pan of the character referred to which is free from cavities, sharp corners, and the like, which would be diflicult to cleanse and which would, therefore, make the device unsanitary and objectionable.

In order that others may clearly understand my invention, I have shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings one practical embodiment thereof, which I will now describe.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bed pan embodying my invention, showing the guard in position for use;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with the guard laid down flat to receive wet rags, dressings, and the like; also indicating in Specification of Letters Patent 7 Patented J an. 1, 1918.

' dotted lines the guard in closed position'as a cover and r Fig. '3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2, also showing the guard in dotted lines, used as a cover, and also folded back flat-wise underneath the bottom of the'pan. Z

. In the drawings, 1I have shown abed pan 1, of improved shape, with smooth round corners and without seams. "A guard 2, is hingedly secured to the outside of the pan, at a point below the upper edge thereof, by means of a=' double hinge device 3. Said hinge device 3, may be made with a, U- shaped hinge pin 3', adapted to be inserted into tubular portions 3 and 3, formed, re spectively, on the pan 1, and the guard 2, as clearly indicatedin Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, whereby to make the guard'readily detachable. Said guard is provided upon .its inner .facewith combination support andoverhanging deflector 1, adapted, when the guard is in its raised, or operative, position, as shown in Fig. 1, to hook over the upper edge of the pan and thus to hold the guard securely in operative position, and also to act as a deflector for deflecting any matter discharged against said guard into the pan and thus preventing its escape over the edge of the pan or into the hinged joints. Said guard is provided at its upper, or outer, end with a guard flange 5.

The use and operation of the device may bebriefly described as follows: With the guard set in its upright, or substantially vertical, position, as shown in Fig. 1, the device is ready for use, the guard 2, being in position to prevent any discharge over the front of the pan and deflecting'it back into the pan. With the guard in this fixed, operative position, it is a sufficient distance away from the patient so that it does not interfere with the work of the nurse in cleansing and caring for the patient. By reason of the double hinge connection of the guard with the pan, it will readily be seen, by reference to Figs. 2 and 3, that the guard can be laid out flat in the plane of the bottom of the 'pan, so as to serve as a receptacle, or support, for wet rags, dressings, or other materials, without danger of soiling the bed linen upon which said guard rests. As indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, said guard may also be closed 'flatwise over the top of the pan so as to form an effective cover therefor during the removal of the pan. Said guard can also, by reason of its double hinge connection, be turned back fiatwise underneath the bed pan, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

If it is desired to detach the guard entirely from the pan, it is only necessary to withdraw the U-shaped hinge pin 3;

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is,

l. A bed pan of the character shown and described comprising a pan, a guard, a hinge connection attaching said guard to said pan, and a combination support and overhanging deflector upon the face of said guard adapted to hook over the upper edge of said pan, whereby to hold the same in an upright operative position. 7 r

2. A bed pan of the character shown and described comprising a pan, a guard, a double hinge connection between the lower edge of said guard and said pan, whereby said hinged lower edge of said guard can be swung from the lower to the upper edge of said pan, and means for detachably securing said guard to said pan in an upright operative position.

3. A bed pan of the character shown and described comprising a pan, a guard, a double hinge connection between the lower edge of said guard and said pan, whereby said hinged lower edge of said guard can be swung from the lower to the upper edge of said pan, and a combination support and overhanging deflector upon the face of said guard adapted to hook over the upper edge of said pan and to hold said guard in its upright operative position.

4. A bed pan of the character referred to comprising a pan, a guard provided around its edges with flange members, a double hinge connection between the lower edge of said guard and the outside of said pan, adapted to permit the hinged edge of said guard to be swung from the lower edge of 1.

the pan to the upper edge thereof, and a combination support and deflector upon the face of said guard adapted to hook over the top edge of said pan, when the lower edge of said guard in in its lowermost position,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

